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Education meeting Freedom to Read Jan 2025
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Freedom to Read Event Produces Large Turnout

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A number of studies have reported that both the health of South Carolinians and the state’s economy would improve if Medicaid were expanded to include 360,000 residents with very low incomes.

Healthcare in SC update
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Health Care in Anderson/Oconee/Pickens Counties and SC

Submitted by Janet Marsh Member, LWVOP Health Care Team

 

The Supreme Court: What's Next Monthly Program
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Chip Stapleton (left) and Holley Ulbrich, Co-President of LWVOP (right)

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On May 1, 2025, the League of Women Voters of the United States , launched a powerful new initiative, Unite and Rise 8.5, which aims to engage and mobilize 8.5 million voters through advocacy, civic education, and community engagement. 

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Since the Trump administration took office in January 2025, we’ve seen increased attacks on our democratic systems and a failure by Congress to intervene. This came to a head in early April, when the president defied a Supreme Court order to return the wrongfully deported Marylander Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. 

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The Statehouse Report

As the 2025 legislative session barrels toward its May 8 close, people on both sides of the political aisle can point to progress, setbacks and issues where the jury is still out. “There have been some positive developments this session. But the overall direction has been disturbing." said Lynn Teague, LWVSC VP, Issues & Action.

"We’re concerned about the anti-DEI push that discourages teachers and businesses from doing what they should do — which is not to give someone an advantage because of their identity, but to give them an equal playing field,”

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On April 24, 2025, a federal judge temporarily blocked provisions of an anti-voter executive order challenged by the League of Women Voters.